Coal chute carrier



Aug. l5, 1939.

R. SCHENBECK COAL CHUTE CARRIER Filed Juri@ 19, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet 1Aug. 15, 1939. -R sHENBEcK y 2,169,453

\ GOAL GHUTEGARRIER Filed .June 1Q, 1957 2 sheets-'shet 2 k wf PatentedAug. 15, 1939 Uil@ TAT...

TENT GFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to material handling trucks and the like andmo-re particularly to a device for detachably securing a chute or thelike to the side or other portion of a truck body in such manner thatthe chute may be carried about from place to place without danger ofcoming 01T and yet may be quickly detached and positioned for deliveringthe load of material such as coal or crushed stone to a place of depositthereof.

Accordingly one of the primary objects of the invention is to provide arelatively simple and inexpensive device which may be permanently orotherwise attached to a truck body wall er the like and which willsecure and support a delivery chute to the truck body for transportationto such place as the chute may be desired for delivery use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the charactermentioned so constructed that while the chute is securely held andpositioned with respect to the truck body during transportation of thetruck, the operator may quickly and easily release and removel the chuteand as quickly and easily replace the same in secured position withrespect to the truck body.

Many other objects as well as the advantages and uses of the inventionwill be or should become apparent after reading the description andclaims and after viewing the drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation` of a truck body showing a coal chute or thelike secured along the side thereof by one form of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a section through the truck body looking forward and takenalong the line II-II of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section taken along the line III-III of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section of Fig. 3, and

Fig. 5 is a view corresponding to the view in Fig. 3 of a modified formof the invention.

The automobile truck illustrated in Fig. l may, for the purpose ofdescription, be considered to be a coal truck the cab of which isgenerally designated 2 and the body is' generally designated 3. Attachedto the side wall of the body 3 are a pair of brackets, generallydesignated li, arrayed in spaced relation to one another toward the foreand rear portions of the body side wall and to which and with which acoal chute or the like generally designated 5 is secured and secured tothe truck body. The chute is of the ordinary type well known in the art,comprising a sheet steel channel (see Fig. 2) including a bottom portiontaken along the line IV-IV 5 from which vertical side walls 'l (one onlyshown) arise. The upper ends of the side Walls may be turned inwardlyover the channel as shown at 8 and may be reinforced by angle irons 9extending throughout the length of the inturned portion or lip 8.

Each bracket or hanger 4 may be composed of a piece of angle iron oneleg II of which may be drilled for the reception of bolts I4 whichtogether with lock washers I3 and nuts I4 serve to secure the bracket orhanger to the truck body wall 3 on the outside thereof. The other leg I5of the angle iron is notched intermediate its ends and at its outer edgeto provide an outwardly opening notch I5 of a width equal to or somewhatgreater than the vertical distance between the inner marginal edge ofthe lip 8 and the exterior surface of the chute side wall including theangle iron reinforcing member' s. This notch is also of substantialdepth for a purpose which will appear. The leg i 5 is also notched toprovide a notch il extending downwardly from the notch IG at the backthereof for the reception of the lip B of the side wall of the chute andis of a width sunicient to permit the lip to be disposed therein with anot unreasonable amount of play. The depth of the notch I l, of course,is substantially equal to the distance from the inner marginal edge ofthe lip 3 to the inside of the side wall 'I of the chute, along aperpendicular.

In order to give a slightly greater bearing surface for the chute whenhung on` the bracket or hanger, and in order to reinforce the leg I5, aplate i3 may be riveted as by rivets I9 or otherwise fastened to the legl5 as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The up-per portion of the leg I5 pivotally supports a latch member 2|upon a pivot stud 22 which is disposed through a drilled aperture in theleg. A wing nut or the like 23 and a lock washer 24 may serve to drawthe latch member 2l tightly against the'leg as will be understood. Belowthe pivot or stud 22 is a stud 25, riveted, welded or otherwise rmlysecured to the leg I5 while the latch member 2I is drilled to provide anaperture 26 adapted to receive the projecting end of stud 25 when thelatch member is disposed in chute retaining position as shown in fulllines in Figs. 2 and 3.

When the coal chute is to be hung upon the side of the truck and securedthereto for transportation the lip portion is moved through the slot Itand deposited or permitted to drop into the slot I'I in which positionthe inside surface of the side Wall I may rest upon the top edge of thereinforcing plate I8 and the adjacent edge l of the leg l5. The latchmember 2| which is of a length sufficient to permit its bottom edge tolie closely adjacent to the external surface of the side wall of thechute Whenin chute retaining position, will then be swung from thedotted line position to the full line position as shown in Fig. 2. Y Ofcourse, in order to permit the latch to move over the pin or stud and toa position where the stud 25 will enter the aperture 26 the wing nut 23must be loosened to the necessary extent. After the chute has beendisposed Within the hanger notch l1 and the latch member 2| has beendisposed in latching or retaining position as shown in full lines inFig. 2 the operator will tighten the Wing nut 23. The same operationsare performed in order to secure the chute 2 to the other latch orhanger. The release of the latch members in order to permit removal ofthe coal chute is effected merely by reversing the' operations justdescribed.

In Fig. 5 the same Y the same type of coal chute but instead of a studVals 22 Vand Wingnut 23 the latch member 2l is piv otally secured totheupper portion of the leg I5 on an unthreaded elongated stud 21 whichcarries a compression spring 28 abutting between the outer side surfaceof the leg I5 and a washer 29 which is held on the stud by cotter key orthe like, 3|. In this case the latch is moved to and from lockingposition and over the end of the stud yor pin 25 merely by moving thelower portion of the latch to the left (View in Fig. 5) a sufficientdistance to clear the end of stud 25, the spring 28 giving sufficientlyto permit this to be done and restoring the latch against the leg l5 assoon as the latch is released.

While I have illustrated and described what is at present a preferredform of the invention and one modificationA thereof, it will be apparentthat bracket is shown supportingV the invention may be embodied in otherforms and that various other modifications may be made without departingfrom the invention spirit and the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. Supporting means for a channeled chuteV equipped with opposedinwardly extending projections along the outer edges of its sideflanges, comprising a plurality of spaced apart brackets each equippedkwith a projection adapted to engage a side ange of the chute betweenthe web of said chute and said projection of said flange for suspendingsaid chute from said flange, a member opposed to said projection andspaced therefrom a distance greater than the Width Of said projection ofsaid flange for permitting passage of said last named projection pastthe projection of said. bracket, and a manually ma-l nipulable memberoperable to partly bridge the gap between the projection of said bracketand the said member whereby to prevent the escape of said flange fromengagement with said projection of said bracket.

2. A means of the type specied comprising a plurality of devices rigidlymounted in spaced apart relation to a side wall of avvehicle body andeach presenting a vertically disposed n equipped between its ends with arecess having a largeV mouth portion and a downwardly extendingrelatively narrow inner end portion, said recess adapted to receive theinwardly projecting outer end portion of the flange of a channeled chuteintended to be received in said downwardly extending portion of saidrecess, and a manually operable device pivotally mounted on said iinabove said recess and selectively movable and securable into a positionto choke the mouth of said recess and into position to leave the sameunobstructed for the purposes set forth.

' RUFUS SCHENBECK.

